It’s a candidates’ market right now, especially in the finance and accounting world. As recruiters, we have access to career opportunities never posted to the public, and have relationships with top candidates who are not even active job seekers. In such a market, companies with opportunities are offering attractive packages; top salaries, benefits, incentives, exciting office culture, and/or flexibility. Conversely, companies with great employees want to keep them and are going to extended lengths to do so. Obviously, it’s much easier for a company (especially in the short-term) to keep the employees they have and avoid work disruption.

In the future, many technology teams will be in need of a “Data Scientist.” Right now, if you are like many CIOs you may be asking yourself: “What is a Data Scientist?” In short, a Data Scientist is a high-ranking professional with the training and curiosity to make discoveries in the world of big data. The title has been around for only a few years but there are already thousands of data scientists working at start-ups and well-established companies.

Much is made of how employees are interested in so much more than just money; that people want to work for companies with policies and cultures aligning to their beliefs. Additionally, one of the top desires for most any employee is to feel valued and that they are important to the company.